New Delhi, Jan 26, : Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that the party would finalise its list of all candidates for Delhi and more than half of Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming General Elections by January 29.
BJP will be able to finalize the list during its Central Election Committee (CEC) meet to be held between Jan. 28-29.
"I have called the next CEC meeting of BJP on January 28 and 29. We will finalise our Lok Sabha candidates for almost all the seats," BJP President Rajnath Singh told mediapersons in national capital on Monday.
Lucknow, Jan 24, : Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested four Bangladeshis, including a woman, for their alleged involvement in human trafficking.
The Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) circle officer, Rajendra Singh said that they raided Sadar locality of Saharanpur district and nabbed four Bangladeshi nationals on Friday night.
Saharanpur is around 400 km from Lucknow.
The four accused confessed that other members of the group are active in various districts of Uttar Pradesh and other neighbouring states, like, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand.
Mathura, Jan. 22 : Cutting across party lines, Samajwadi Party (SP), Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a semi-naked protest here on Thursday to condemn the killing of a farmer in police firing.
The farmers were protesting against inadequate compensation for their lands, which were acquired for building 165 km long Greater Noida - Agra. expressway.
Raising slogans against the Uttar Pradesh Government, the activists said police opened fire without any warning.
The protesters also demanded imposition of President rule in the state.